Category Archives: Sermons

Jesus, on a donkey heading toward Jerusalem is the picture painted by the writer of the text.  Implied in the story is tension and political activism.

From the prophetic imagination of Isaiah comes a text about the working of God in the world to eliminate empire, change the failings of the world and make new life rise up.

In just a few short verses, the Israelite people are set-up in the promised land – but what happened to the people what were there before them?

From Napolean to lawnmowers and cell phones, this sermon is about exile.  It is a theme that extends from the Old Testament stories to our current day lives.

From Genesis we find a rather strange and even disturbing text about Abram.  There is weighty conversation with God, animal sacrifice and a very concerning vision of the future of Abram’s descendants.

On this first Sunday of Lent we dove back into the Hebrew scriptures to explore an ancient text from Deuteronomy.  What happens when you harvest the first crops of the promised land?  Gratitude.

Every year we encounter the story of transfiguration; Jesus, on the mountain with his disciples.  As it turns out, this is not the first time in the story where we find ourselves on the mountain with some divine signs.

Our story from Luke finds us on the shore of the sea of Galilee as Jesus picks 3 of his close disciples.  What if Gladys and Calvin were in the crowd?  What do you think Jesus preached on that day?

As we leave the season of Epiphany the stories in the lectionary focus on the early ministry of Jesus which brings us to the wedding feast at Cana from John 2. I thought about using this on Sunday too but couldn’t quite find the place.  Some bonus humour for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRRCkspaQU

From the book of Malachi we find an interesting text about the rather unpleasant task of refining and cleaning – at least if you are a dirty shirt.  Take a listen: